Chamberlands Estates, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96141. It stands on McKinney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homewood quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Homewood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Chamberlands Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 44 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | ANN |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | PEN |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | MCKINNEY |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BUCK 2 |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BLACKWOOD |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | W LAKE BL NORTH_TAHOE_FD |
| 30 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | GENERAL |
| 3 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | 9TH AV MEEKS_BAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chamberlands Estates: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mangatop Prospect | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Tahoe Treasure Prospect | Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Tahoe Treasure Prospect | Gold | Occurrence |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoma Meadows | 0.4 miles | 32 | |
| Chambers Lodge | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Homewood | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Tahoma | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Tahoe Pines | 2.5 miles | 32 | |
| Idlewild | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Timberland | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Land | 4.6 miles | 32 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122597674 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723418. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.










